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Ancient Greece: The Persian Wars (1167 words) |
 | In the middle of the sixth century BC, the Greek city-states along the coast of Asia Minor came under the control of the Lydians and their king, Croesus (560-546 BC). |
| In 498 BC, the Athenians conquered and burned Sardis, which was the capital of Lydia, and all the Greek cities in Asia Minor joined the revolt. |
| In 481 BC, Xerxes gathered together an army of some one hundred fifty thousand men and a navy of six hundred ships; he was determined that the whole of Greece would be conquered by his army. |
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EUROPEAN HISTORY 700 - 481 B.C. (5185 words) |
| King Esarhaddon (680-669 B.C.) of the Syrian Empire on his way to Egypt with a large army to restore it to Syrian control fell sick in Harren and died. |
| Croesus (560-546 B.C.) son Alyattes a Lydian is lord of all nations west of the river Halya (Syria). |
| 528 B.C. The Babylonian soldiers are enrolled in the Persian army, in the conquest of Egypt, with King Cambyses of Persia. |
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